ST. LOUIS — A federal jury on Friday convicted a former star of the St. Louis-based reality TV show “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” of arranging the shooting death of his nephew.
The jury deliberated about 17 hours over three days before reaching its verdict in the murder-for-hire case against James “Tim” Norman, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
He was charged with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
A customer picks up food from Sweetie Pie's owner Robbie Montgomery, center, and Montgomery's son James Timothy Norman, right, at Sweetie Pie's in St. Louis on April 19, 2011.
Former Sweetie Pie’s employees and other character witnesses testified that Norman and his nephew had a close relationship.